I worked on the tracks so they sounded as good as possible in there... I wanted to make something that was for the night. Kieran Hebden More Quotes by Kieran Hebden More Quotes From Kieran Hebden When drum'n'bass happened, when the two-step/garage thing happened, there was a chart smash every week; it operated on the underground and the pinnacle of pop mainstream at the same time. Kieran Hebden bassstepstwo People read into the music. I have a feeling that they can believe that I'm trying to put some emotion forward. It's not just some technical exercise. Kieran Hebden exercisebelievepeople I've always explored things that people find a bit more freakish, like free jazz, and I'd gotten to a point where the live music I was making was really hectic and turning much more confrontational. So when I started working on Everything Ecstatic, that was very normal for me. I think it was a departure, but people read it as an escape from something, whereas every record I do is, I feel, a departure. Kieran Hebden jazzpeoplethinking When I first heard bands like Tortoise, it seemed to come off the back of that world, like let's make a record with three vibraphones and release it on a seven-inch with black-and-white artwork. Kieran Hebden tortoisesblack-and-whitefirsts So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out. Kieran Hebden musicianpeopleschool Gospel isn't some ditty to make people enjoy their afternoon - it's communicating with God. Kieran Hebden communicateenjoypeople I realized there were no words or anything in my music, nothing that people would have to draw them in a little bit more. Kieran Hebden i-realizedpeople I thought Everything Ecstatic was the happiest of them all - hence the "ecstatic" name. The whole concept behind that was total out-and-out euphoric mania. I think tracks like "Smile Around The Face" are the jolliest things I've ever done, really. But one of the things I like about my music is the fact that it's instrumental, so there are no lyrics to guide people. Kieran Hebden trackpeoplethinking I find the more I DJ, the more ideas I have and the more music I want to make. Kieran Hebden I find that people in American are often much more purist. If you're into hip-hop, you're totally into hip-hop - you wear the uniform, that's all you listen to. If you're a goth, you're totally a goth - you've got, like, 4,000 piercings, black hair, you really go for it. Kieran Hebden gothblackpeople I feel like there's a young generation of producers who are taking inspiration from dubstep but trying to push it in other directions. Kieran Hebden young-generationinspirationtrying Make a record in your bedroom on a cheap computer, play it on pirate radio, and that's what's it's all about. You can do something really exciting and you don't need any record companies. The way I do everything comes from that, the impact of those two things. Kieran Hebden impactplaytwo My father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz. Kieran Hebden rockssoulfather The lo-fi scene and the riot grrrl thing had a huge influence on me. As a teenager I went to see Bikini Kill and all those bands. Kieran Hebden bikinisteenagerband It's such a normal thing for a dance producer to make music and try it out in the club, but that was relatively new to me. I wanted to make a good album that felt like it had a point. Kieran Hebden clubsalbumstrying After putting out quite a few albums, there's a feeling of why make another? I was trying to make something that was an album experience. Kieran Hebden albumsfeelingstrying I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey. Kieran Hebden musicaljourneythinking I think the most important thing for me is putting out records that document ideas. Kieran Hebden importantideasthinking With a lot of the music I really love, like Miles Davis, you can go back and see the processes and the stages. Kieran Hebden milesstageprocess I like putting a lot of personal touches in the music. Kieran Hebden personal-touch
